9-letter words containing a, b, n, d, e
- bundestag — (in Germany and formerly in West Germany) the legislative assembly, which is elected by universal adult suffrage and elects the federal chancellor
- butadiene — a colourless easily liquefiable flammable gas that polymerizes readily and is used mainly in the manufacture of synthetic rubbers. Formula: CH2:CHCH:CH2
- butenandt — Adolf Frederick Johann. 1903–95, German organic chemist. He shared the Nobel prize for chemistry (1939) for his pioneering work on sex hormones
- bystander — A bystander is a person who is present when something happens and who sees it but does not take part in it.
- candomble — any of a number of similar religious cults in Brazil that combine elements of Roman Catholicism with elements of West African, esp Yoruba, and South American Indian religions
- carbonade — a stew of beef and onions cooked in beer
- casebound — bound in hard covers.
- cediranib — A potent inhibitor of VEGF receptor tyrosine kinases, under development as a possible anticancer drug.
- clydebank — a town in W Scotland, in West Dunbartonshire on the north bank of the River Clyde. Pop: 29 858 (2001)
- confabbed — Simple past tense and past participle of confab.
- cornbread — Cornbread is bread made from ground maize or corn. It is popular in the United States.
- cyberwand — (hardware, virtual reality) A virtual reality controller. The CyberWand costs $99, or $765 with optional Polhemus sensor. It is basically the handle of a flight control system without the base. The controller's four buttons and 2-D hat sensor track six degrees of movement.
- danburite — a rare mineral, calcium borosilicate, CaB 2 Si 2 O 8 , occurring in pegmatite in yellow or colorless crystals resembling topaz.
- danceable — appropriate for or conducive to dancing: danceable music.
- dannebrog — the Danish flag
- daybeacon — an unlighted navigational beacon used as a daymark.
- deafblind — unable to hear or see
- debagging — (British) present participle of debag.
- debarking — Present participle of debark.
- debarment — to shut out or exclude from a place or condition: to debar all those who are not members.
- debarring — Present participle of debar.
- debeaking — Present participle of debeak.
- debianize — (Debian) To take a source package and make the necessary modifications to allow it to be built as a policy compliant Debian package.
- debonaire — charming and sophisticated
- debutante — A debutante is a young woman from the upper classes who has started going to social events with other young people.
- debutants — Plural form of debutant.
- definable — Something that is definable can be described or identified.
- definably — to state or set forth the meaning of (a word, phrase, etc.): They disagreed on how to define “liberal.”.
- denotable — Capable of being denoted or marked.
- detonable — able to be detonated
- dibucaine — a compound, C 20 H 29 N 3 O 2 , used as a local and spinal anesthetic.
- disbanded — to break up or dissolve (an organization): They disbanded the corporation.
- disenable — to deprive of ability; make unable; prevent.
- dna probe — a technique for identifying a segment of DNA, using a known sequence of nucleotide bases from a DNA strand to detect a complementary sequence in the sample by means of base pairing.
- downbeats — Plural form of downbeat.
- drainable — Capable of being drained.
- drawbench — a bench having apparatus for cold-drawing wires, tubes, etc.
- drinkable — suitable for drinking.
- dumb cane — a West Indian foliage plant, Dieffenbachia seguine, of the arum family, having yellow-blotched leaves that cause temporary speechlessness when chewed.
- dumb-cane — a West Indian foliage plant, Dieffenbachia seguine, of the arum family, having yellow-blotched leaves that cause temporary speechlessness when chewed.
- dunstable — John, c1390–1453, English composer.
- eastbound — traveling, proceeding, or headed east: an eastbound train.
- emendable — Capable of being emended, corrigible.
- encodable — able to be encoded
- end table — small table at end of sofa
- endoblast — Entoblast.
- endurable — Able to be endured; bearable.
- endurably — In an endurable or tolerable manner.
- file band — an endless steel band to which straight lengths of steel files are attached, used on a band mill or band saw.
- firebrand — a piece of burning wood or other material.